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Metaphors are one method Kim Scott applies to adds multiple layers to his story. There are different metaphorical elements in Benang, three of which will be addressed in this chapter. First of all there is the most obvious one, the protagonist’s loss of weightiness. Secondly there is the image of a tree which helps to understand the condition a part Aboriginal person like the protagonist, might feel like. Thirdly, the use of colours alongside the reassignment of negative connoted and positive…

Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) portrays a man's (John’s) passion for control and the dangers of idealisation and desire. Vertigo; "a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, associated particularly with looking down from a great height”1 is a metaphor of protagonist John “Scotty” Ferguson relationship with Judy Barton/Madeleine Elster. The narrative structure of Vertigo is fundamentally driven by the encounters between John and Madeleine/Judy. The relationship between the two progresses on the…

Kim Jong-Un a leader that is feared by his people but is not stopped by them. A leader who has no limits, he does as he pleases. A leader that has control of what his people are expose to, as in news and food supply. Still Kim Jong-Un is still seen as a powerful leader even if seen negativity. Zeus is somewhat like Kim Jong-Un for he used fear to show his power from the rest of the gods. His leadership skills show his strength, even though it may be seen wrong but benefits him. He has the most…

ska beat, the punks with their spiked hair and anarchistic views and, the Goths; full of obscurities, plastered in black. What are there now? Does individuality and eccentricity exist? Or are we all the same? Let’s face it, when the designations Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner…

Born on 1 January 1912, Harold Adrian Russell “Kim” Philby grew up to become one of the Soviet Union’s most valuable intelligence assets inside the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). His childhood began in India, where his father, Harry St. John Philby worked as an intelligence officer and diplomat for the British government. St. John Philby was also a well-known author, orientalist (an individual who specialized in Middle East and Asian policy), as well as a convert to Islam after his…

change in law is Kim Davis, a Kentucky clerk who has refused to issue marriage licenses to any same-sex couples. While Kim Davis feels she is acting under God's authority, she cannot seize the rights of others based on her personal beliefs in view of the fact that it is against the law of the land, signing off on these licenses would not violate her private, personal beliefs, and it is not up to her to decide what rights others should or should not be entitled to. Whether Kim Davis intended to…

Kim Edwards was born on May 4, 1958 in Killeen, Texas. Though, she was raised in Lexington, Kentucky. She teaches in her former University, the University of Iowa. She does not have much information about her personal life rather than just basic facts like her birthday and birthplace, in the back of her works, let alone the internet. She does share some information though in a 2007 Barnes and Noble Interview in which she shares a bit of her wit. This interview reveals her as a very witty,…

In the book Ru, Kim Thúy tells her story as a woman named Nhuyên An Tịnh fleeing South Vietnam during the Tet Offensive in 1968. While coming to Canada she describes her journey without leaving out any gruesome details. The beginning of her life filled with fear, destruction, and hopelessness but towards the end of the book, she had gained strength. She learns that it’s important not to look back on the past and feel pity but to look towards the present and future with joy. Overall Nhuyên went…

Everywhere you look in life there are different sorts of symbols and conflicts, especially in literature that’s what makes reading it so interesting, the things these authors can do with words. I have chosen three different works; Survivors by Kim Addonizio, American Gothic by John Stone and, The Blizzard by David Ives. In this paper, I am going to give you some examples of symbols and conflicts in these works and my responses/thoughts on those topics. The Blizzard was written in 2006, in this…

With the rapid dissemination of images via the Internet, celebrities who grace the cover of fashion publications are deemed or dismissed as household names faster than ever. Paper Magazine, a relatively unknown magazine, niche at best put Kim Kardashian on the cover of its November 2014 issue. Kardashian, a cult product of 21st century’s obsession with fame and wealth, became a goddess whose buttocks held a champagne glass in front of the lens of famed photographer Jean-Paul Goude. Another…